Kabir points out that all external observances, yogic practices, oblations, austerities, intellectual pursuits and even striving for miraculous powers are of no help on the path of God-realization. Love or devotion is the highest truth and this alone can lead the seeker to the Lord.

Why should I strive
For supernatural powers?
They are empty and vain.
I ever cherish within me
The nectar of the Lord's Name.

Intellect and knowledge,
Mental deliberations,
Yoga and austerities —
Fallow and futile,
They lead only to maladies.

What use your becoming a recluse
And making forests your home
When your mind is still bound
By the subtle chains of desire?

All practices are hollow,
Except devotion to the Lord —
The one cardinal truth.
Says Kabir: Discard all outward pursuits,
Love the Lord with all your heart.

K.G., p. 99:130
Kā sidhi sādhi karaun